Maine Aurora Borealis Watch - Lizzie Dickerson: The Diary of a Maine Space Traveler

Welcome to the New Universal Day! Star Date 00:13 UTC, August 24, 2025. A substorm is brewing, but in the hovering around the zero demarcation variety. Low Energy Protons ramped up about an hour ago, but have since fallen off. Possible sightings on camera after it’s completely dark, but it will be weak. We can’t […]

But Wait- There’s More!

August 22, 2025

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| 7:39 pm

As of Maine Time 7:38 PM: Solar Wind Speed: 496 km/sec Solar Wind Magnetic Fields: Bt 4 nT, Bz -1 nT WELL, just when I told you that I didn’t think there’d be any more activity from this period. Surprise. NOAA didn’t forecast it, either. But, I’m seeing negative solar wind trajectory. It’s not super strong but neither was last night, and plenty […]

UTC 00:51 August 22, 2025

August 21, 2025

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| 8:52 pm

UTC 00:51 August 22, 2025 Solar Wind Report Solar Wind Speed: 474 km/sec Solar Wind Magnetic Fields: Bt 5 nT, Bz -3 nT

Solar Wind UTC 23:18

August 21, 2025

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| 7:19 pm

Solar Wind UTC 23:18 Solar Wind Speed: 503 km/sec Solar Wind Magnetic Fields: Bt 7 nT, Bz 0 nT

23:13 UTC August 21, 2025

August 21, 2025

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| 7:17 pm

An active substorm is in progress. We had a pretty good dip right at 19:46 UTC, which equates to 3:46 PM, so not long ago. (Count backward 4 hours from 19:46 and convert from 24 hour time.) Some chances we may see a few dips down to southerly bZ right at first dark, and through […]

01:53 UTC August 21, 2025

August 20, 2025

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Solar Wind Speed: 549 km/sec Solar Wind Magnetic Fields: Bt 4 nT, Bz -4 nT

00:00 UT August 21, 2025.

August 20, 2025

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| 8:00 pm

Welcome to the new Universal Day. A substorm is developing right now, but, not a big one. Clouds are clearing out over much of the state. The webcam is showing clearing over Katahdin. Any viewing will happen just at dark, and I don’t know for how long. The GOES sun image isn’t showing a coronal […]

August 20, 2025, 00:48 UTC

August 19, 2025

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Solar Wind Speed: 608 km/secIMF: Bt 8 nT, Bz -6 nT Cloudy conditions over most of Maine, some breaks in Aroostook. As of 00:48 UTC still too light.

Planet Parade, August 19, 2025

August 19, 2025

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| 7:11 am

It was really hard to drag myself out of bed, since I was up until midnight, due to a geomagnetic substorm I was trying to pinpoint. NOAA data was lagging, and other data from other sources was also seemingly lagging. All I had was the NOAA three-day, which is a broad swath, the NEOC webcam, […]

Quick Look for August 19-20

August 19, 2025

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| 6:23 am

NOAA forecasts heightened activity for August 20, but between 15-21 UT, which equates to mid-day times. Not set in stone, storms can come sooner, keep an eye out later for the forecast.

November 11-12, 2025
Current G4 storming, severe level. For those like me who are in very cloudy conditions- We may get another very strong burst in an hour, and the clouds may clear out at that point for a couple hours. We may get some serendipity. For those like me who are in very cloudy conditions- We may get another very strong burst in an hour, and the clouds may clear out at that point for a couple hours. Sunspot Region 4274 produced an X 5.1 flare (R-3-Strong) Tuesday, November 11, 2025 at 13:43 UTC. We should see the effects of this in multiple CME occurrences between now and November 13. As of UTC rollover time, geomagnetic storm conditions are anticipated to continue into the night. An enhancement of the arriving IMF may hit within the hour, Maine time 11 pm. Southern Maine is reporting clear skies and photos of the aurora are being posted on the Facebook group. Midcoast, Central, Downeast, and Northern Maine are in the clouds, but clearing may occur. during the next burst. Current conditions now, 21:38 Maine Time Solar Wind Speed: 407 km/sec Solar Wind Magnetic Fields: Bt 35 nT, Bz -9 nT Current conditions about 15 minutes ago: Solar Wind Magnetic Fields: Bt 37 nT, Bz -24 nT Solar Wind Speed: 457 km/sec

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